κωφ-όω,
numb, deaden, ὀδύνας κωφοῖ [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ὑγρῶν χρήσιος” 1, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.116] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 2.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically in passive, κ. πρὸς μάθησιν [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.548; κεκωφωμένος πρὸς τὰ τεχνικὰ θεωρήματα 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 1.34. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 deafen, in passive, ὁκόσοισιν ἂν τὰ ὦτα κωφωθῇ [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.60, compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.224. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 put to silence, in passive, become dumb, [[ LXX.Psa.38(39).3. ] LXX]
__II maim, injure, in passive, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τόπων τῶν κατὰ ἄνθρωπον” 2, cf. Erot. see entry κωφωθῇ. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III passive, of water, lose its freshness, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 1.35. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]